BAFTA has today announced the nominations for the BAFTA Cymru Awards, honouring excellence and celebrating talent across film and television in Wales
The BAFTA Cymru Awards will be held in Newport at the ICC Wales on Sunday 5 October.
Welsh TV presenter Owain Wyn Evans returns to host the ceremony with 17 categories spanning craft, performance and production.
Owain will be joined by a plethora of stars on the night to announce the winners
The highlights are:
- Seven nominations for Lost Boys and Fairies
- Five nominations for Until I Kill You
- Four nominations for Mr Burton and Cleddau
- Three nominations for documentary Helmand: Tour of Duty
- Two nominations for Ar Y Ffin, Brianna: A Mother’s Story, The Golden Cobra, Hunting Mr Nice: The Cannabis Kingpin, Marw gyda Kris and Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me
The Presenter category features three first-time BAFTA nominees including Amy Dowden (Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me), Bethan Rhys Roberts (Etholiad 2024), and Kristoffer Hughes (Marw gyda Kris), alongside Chris Roberts (Chris Cooks Cymru.)
The writers nominated in the Writer category are all first-time BAFTA Cymru nominees – Abi Morgan (Eric), Daf James (Lost Boys and Fairies) and Nick Stevens (Until I Kill You.)
Further first-time BAFTA nominees include Elen Rhys nominated for Actress in Cleddau, Harry Lawtey nominated for Actor in Mr Burton and Joshua Trigg for Director: Fiction for feature film Sat: Year of the Rabbit.
Owain Wyn Evans, acclaimed television and radio presenter, currently waking up the nation with his Early Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Two, is returning to host the BAFTA Cymru Awards.
Owain is well known for his record-breaking 24 hour Drumathon for BBC Children In Need and has recently started bringing his sartorial elegance and camp humour to the presenting line up on BBC One’s Homes Under the Hammer. Passionate about interior design and home renovation, Owain also hosts Wales’ Home of the Year on BBC One and is a regular face on BBC One’s The One Show.
“I am absolutely thrilled to be hosting the 2025 BAFTA Cymru Awards. Last year’s ceremony was pure glitz and glamour, and I can’t wait to once again celebrate the incredible creative talent we have here in Wales. It’s been inspiring to see the amazing productions that have taken place over the past year, and it feels so special to be part of it all. And of course, I’m very much looking forward to the stunning, glamorous looks on the red carpet too. I’m just overjoyed to be presenting it again”.
Award presenters representing the best of the sector’s creative talent will join Owain Wyn Evans to announce the winners on the night.
Lee Walters, BAFTA Cymru chair, said: “Congratulations to this year’s BAFTA Cymru nominees, whose outstanding talent and creativity have delivered an incredible line-up of must-watch films, television and performances. These nominations celebrate the strength of Welsh storytelling and our fast-growing screen industries. Through the BAFTA Cymru Awards and our year-round learning programmes and events, we’re proud to champion Welsh talent and can’t wait to honour their achievements next month.”
Event sponsors and partners have been confirmed as BBC Cymru Wales, bottlegreen, Casillero del Diablo, Champagne Taittinger, Creative Wales, Deloitte, EE, Executive Cars Wales, Gorilla, Hildon, Lancôme, Samsung and S4C.
